Six?!
Met up with Kung and my buddy Brando for lunch the other day.
The last time I ate with both of them, I was a complete mess as Alison had just died and I was doing whatever I could to stay sane and alive.
This time around, enough time had passed that I was able to just chill out and joke with them.
Me: Is there light beer happening at the dumpling joint?
Him: There better be!
While Kung is Chinese, Brando is Australian, which is a country that has the most Chinese in the world, outside of Asia.
This is relevant because they wanted soup dumplings for lunch and Brando suggested this one joint near his gym.
Me: Kung, as the only other true dumpling connoisseur of the group, do you agree?
Brando: He LOVED the dumplings.
Me: Kung, don’t let the white man unduly influence you; what did you think?
Brando: How dare you assume I am not an expert in soup dumplings? It’s because I’m white, isn’t it?
Kung: Legit!
So, I went to their gym first and rolled around on the mats for the first time in ages and then we made it to the restaurant where we ordered six trays of soup dumplings.
Waiter: SIX? (holds up his hands with six fingers) Six?
Me: (nodding) Six. We’re hungry.
Brando: And we need some garlic bok choi.
Me: That too.
Another buddy was supposed to eat with us, but he’s got this insanely demanding job and literally had to fly out to another state last minute, a few hours before we were supposed to meet up.
Him: Hey boys, so sorry I missed lunch the other day I severely underestimated what [my bosses needed me to do]. I haven’t seen daylight since Thursday morning!
Him: Are you really gonna take a picture of your food? What are you, a Millennial?
Me: Clearly not. (shrugging) I just like taking pics of food for myself.
It was nice seeing them; we met some 15-20 years ago and we’re still friends even now.
The older I get, the more I value the people that chose to stick around.
Location: home with the boy and dealing with literal growing pains
Mood: concerned
Music: I was bad now I’m better (Spotify)
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